The History of Lambeth Palace Holding an event at Lambeth Palace The History of Lambeth Palace For nearly 800 years Lambeth Palace has been the London residence of the Archbishop of Canterbury - prior to this Archbishops traditionally lived in Canterbury Morton's Tower, Lambeth Palace, late 18th century. The tower was built in 1490. Lambeth Palace – or as it was originally called, the Manor of Lambeth, or Lambeth House – has been the London residence of the Archbishop of Canterbury for nearly 800 years. The south bank of the Thames was an attractive choice for the location of an Archbishop's palace, with its proximity to Westminster and the Royal Court. Stephen Langton is thought to have been the first Archbishop to live at Lambeth in the thirteenth century. Prior to this it was traditional for the Archbishop to live in Canterbury. The oldest remaining parts of Lambeth Palace today are Langton's Chapel, and the Crypt beneath it, both of which date back to the 13th Century. All the other buildings in the Palace grounds have been added, expanded and altered over the centuries to suit changes in fashion and purpose.

While the Archbishop's residence at Lambeth had a great entrance from the 1320's, the imposing gateway - Morton's Tower - that can be seen today was not built until 1490. Morton's Tower is still used as the main entrance into Lambeth Palace - although the tower, the Guard Room, the Chapel and Crypt are the only sections of Lambeth Palace that have survived from this time. The Great Hall at Lambeth Palace currently houses much of the Lambeth Palace Library. It has been built and rebuilt many times over the centuries – not least as a result of damage during the English Civil War and the Blitz of World War II. 19th Century renovations Following the appointment of Archbishop Howley in 1828, famous architect of the day Edward Blore was invited to survey the collection of buildings that made up the Palace at that time. Blore saw a Palace still bearing the scars of the Civil War, the subsequent patch-up repairs and renovations still quite visible 200 years later. In a withering account of the Palace’s condition, he deemed it to be "miserably deficient as the residence of so distinguished a person as the Archbishop of Canterbury".

The Blore Building, completed in 1833, contains both the Archbishop's residential quarters and the offices of his staff. Blore went on to build the residential wing, which was completed in 1833. This building now forms much of the Palace that functions today. The Blore Building, as it came to be known, was built in Bath Stone to a gothic revival style. Blore also took great care to restore the Guard Room, while connecting it to the rest of his building. The 14th Century roof of the Guard Room was suspended on stilts while Blore constructed a system for replacing and reconnecting the walls. Some of the surrounding buildings were preserved, and arrangements made for these rooms and the Great Hall to house the Palace Library. The Guard Room at Lambeth Palace (Pugin/Rowlandson print) World War II damage Following the Second World War, Archbishop Fisher commissioned massive restoration work on the Palace. The Chapel and Lollards Tower were gutted by the direct hit of an incendiary bomb on the 10th May 1941.

As a result the roof and windows were replaced in the Chapel, while the ceilings in the Post Room and Lollards Tower were reinforced with brick and timber. The new plain white ceiling of the Chapel was not repainted until the 1980s. Much of the restoration work took the remainder of the 20th Century to complete. Lambeth Palace today The Atrium was built in the year 2000. This glass-roofed room is the most recent addition to be made to Lambeth Palace. However its awarding winning contemporary style was specially designed to sit sympathetically within its 13th and 19th century surroundings. Today Lambeth Palace continues to be the London home of the Archbishop of Canterbury and his family. A series of offices at the Palace form the working centre of the Archbishop's national and international ministry. The Lambeth Palace Library remains a place of academic study, while many of the beautiful rooms have retained their original function as spaces for hospitality. The Chapel and the Crypt Chapel are used daily for worship and prayer by the Archbishop and his staff, the Chemin Neuf community at the Palace, as well as the many guests received by the Archbishop and his team.

Visit Lambeth Palace Visit Lambeth Palace Holding an event at Lambeth Palace Visit Lambeth Palace Lambeth Palace is the residence of the Archbishop of Canterbury in London - a place of huge historical importance, it's also where the Archbishop lives, works and prays. Find out how you can come and visit. Guided tours Ever wanted to explore the residence of the Archbishop of Canterbury in London? The best way is to come on one of our guided tours. Given regularly by expert guides, our tours take you around the rooms and chapels of Lambeth Palace, while immersing you in the history of the Archbishops of Canterbury. Find out more . Special events Lambeth Palace takes part in various special events throughout the year which allow you to come and visit us. We publish information about any upcoming events on this page - at present there are none, but please keep checking back, or follow us on Twitter . Lambeth Palace bees buzz for miles Lambeth Palace bees buzz for miles 05 August 2009 Get a buzz out of caring for creation, said David Shreeve, the Church of England’s National Environment Adviser, after visiting Lambeth Palace’s 12 hives, whose bees help London grow greener.

The bees pollinate plants and flowers across a seven mile radius in the capital with each hive providing around 60lbs of honey a year. Wax from one hive has even been used to make a small model of the Archbishop of Canterbury. David Shreeve made the visit after today’s call from Conservation watchdog Natural England for more city dwellers to keep bees – he said this must be taken seriously as bees are a declining species but essential to the survival of plants and crops. “Christians, and people of all faiths, have a duty to care for our creation, so we support Natural England's call to look out for our bees. Traditionally, bees are associated with rural life but the hives at Lambeth Palace show how bees can also thrive in inner cities – in this case only a stone’s throw from Parliament. At Lambeth, with its great tradition of beekeeping and honey making, the Church is fortunate to own grounds providing a home for bees that keep London greener by pollinating plants as far as seven miles away.” Garden Manager at Lambeth Palace Alistair Cook said the honey from the bees always proved very popular with visitors to Lambeth particularly at the garden open days.

The bees live at the back of the gardens, near to a small pond which enables them to collect water to cool down their hives. The Bishop of Chelmsford the Rt Revd John Gladwin who retires next month has kept bees for a number of years and has made his honey available to local hay fever sufferers. The theory is that as his bees collect pollen from local flowers, the honey they make carries immunity to hay fever. Experts say that bees are under threat worldwide – particularly honeybees that are in danger of extinction without beekeepers to care for them in domestic environments. Natural England says that an increase in UK bee colonies could make the insects more resistant to the current killer diseases affecting the bees. The watchdog is encouraging city dwellers to keep bees with a newly designed urban hive – the Beehaus - and is offering general advice while warning of the responsibilities involved. The first Beehaus will be installed on Natural England’s office roof in Victoria, London, overlooking Westminster Cathedral.

Dr Tom Tew, Chief Scientist for Natural England, said: ““The decline of our domesticated honey bee is worrying, but it’s sometimes easy to forget that there are other pollinators, including more than 250 species of wild bees, that also need our help. The good news is that there’s plenty that we can do in our gardens and churchyards by making a bit of space for nature and planting nectar-rich flowers.” Lambeth Palace, London, England Lambeth Palace, London, England history Lambeth Palace, London, England Lambeth Palace is the official London residence of the Archbishop of Canterbury in England, in north Lambeth, on the south bank of the River Thames, 400 m[1] south-east of the Palace of Westminster which has the Houses of Parliament on the opposite bank. The building – originally called the Manor of Lambeth or Lambeth House – has been the London residence of the Archbishop of Canterbury for nearly 800 years, whose original residence was in Canterbury, Kent. [2] It was acquired by the archbishopric around 1200 AD and has the largest collection of records of the church in its library.

It is bounded by Lambeth Palace Road to the west and Lambeth Road to the south but unlike all surrounding land is excluded from the parish of North Lambeth. The garden park is listed and resembles Archbishop's Park, a neighbouring public park, however was a larger area with a notable orchard until the early 19th century. The former church in front of its entrance has been converted to the Garden Museum. History The south bank of the Thames along this reach, not part of historic London, developed slowly because the land was low and sodden: it was called Lambeth Marsh, as far downriver as the present Blackfriars Road. The name "Lambeth" embodies "hithe", a landing on the river: archbishops came and went by water, as did John Wycliff, who was tried here for heresy. In the English peasants' revolt of 1381 the Palace was attacked. The oldest remaining part of the palace is the Early English chapel. The so-called Lollard’s Tower, which retains evidence of its use as a prison in the 17th century, dates from 1435-1440.

The front is an early Tudor brick gatehouse built by Cardinal John Morton and completed in 1495. Cardinal Pole lay in state in the palace for 40 days after he died there in 1558. The fig tree in the palace courtyard is possibly grown from a slip taken from one of the White Marseille fig trees here for centuries (reputedly planted by Cardinal Pole). In 1786[3] there were three ancient figs, two "nailed against the wall" and still noted in 1826 as "two uncommonly fine... traditionally reported to have been planted by Cardinal Pole, and fixed against that part of the palace believed to have been founded by him. They are of the white Marseilles sort, and still bear delicious fruit.

...On the south side of the building, in a small private garden, is another tree of the same kind and age."[4] By 1882 their place had been taken by several massive offshoots.[5] The notable orchard of the medieval period has somewhat given way to a mirroring public park adjoining and built-up roads of housing and offices.[6] The great hall, eclipsed by the library which it is now used as, was ransacked, even for building material, by Cromwellian troops during the English Civil War, and after the Restoration, it was completely rebuilt by archbishop William Juxon in 1663 (dated) with a late Gothic hammerbeam roof, the likes of which had not been constructed for a hundred years. In this context, the choice of a hammerbeam roof was evocative; it spoke of High-Church Anglican continuity with the Old Faith (the King's brother was an avowed Catholic), a visual statement that the Interregnum was over. As with some Gothic details on University buildings of the same date, it is debated among architectural historians whether this is Gothic survival or an extraordinary early work of the Gothic Revival.

The diarist Samuel Pepys recognised it for what it was: "a new old-fashioned hall" he called it. The building is listed in the highest category, Grade I for its architecture — its front gatehouse with its tall, crenellated gatehouse resembles Hampton Court Palace's gatehouse which is also of the Tudor period, however Morton's Gatehouse was at its very start, in the 1490s, rather than in the same generation as Cardinal Wolsey's wider, similarly partially stone-dressed deep red brick façade. While this is the most public-facing bit, it is not the oldest at north-west corner, the Water Tower or Lollards' Tower mentioned above is made of Kentish Ragstone with ashlar quoins and a brick turret is much older.[7] Among the portraits of the archbishops in the Palace are works by Hans Holbein, Anthony van Dyck, William Hogarth and Sir Joshua Reynolds. New construction was added to the building in 1834 by Edward Blore (1787–1879), who rebuilt much of Buckingham Palace later.

Here his work is neo-Gothic enough to have satisfied Sir Walter Scott, and it fronts a spacious quadrangle. It is these buildings which form the Archbishop's London home and office, who is ex officio a member of the House of Lords and is regarded as the first among equals in the Anglican Communion. Library The palace is now also home to the Lambeth Palace Library, the official library of the Archbishop of Canterbury, principal holder of records of the Church of England, founded as a public library by Archbishop Richard Bancroft in 1610. This contains a vast collection of material relating to ecclesiastical history, including archbishops' and bishops' archives and papers relating to various Anglican missionary and charitable societies. The valuable collection of original manuscripts contains important material, some dating as far back as the 9th century. The various other collections contain material on an immense variety of topics from the history of art and architecture to colonial and Commonwealth history, and innumerable aspects of English social, political and economic history. The library is also a significant resource for local history and genealogy.

The library contains over 120,000 books as well as the archives of the Archbishops of Canterbury and other church bodies dating back to the 12th century. These can be found via the online catalogues (linked below). Highlights include a Gutenberg Bible and the Romanesque Lambeth Bible, with other notable manuscripts including the following: Lambeth Choirbook Mac Durnan Gospels St Mary-at-Lambeth The ornate building sitting on the grass square in front of the entrance is the former parish church of St Mary-at-Lambeth has a tower of 1377 repaired in 1834 and the rest was rebuilt in 1851 using architect P C Hardwick,[8] though the ancient monuments preserved and its style give it an appearance of antiquity. Among them are tombs of some of the archbishops, including Richard Bancroft, and of the gardeners and plantsmen John Tradescant the elder and his son of the same name, and of Admiral William Bligh.

St Mary's was deconsecrated in favour of the surrounding active Anglican parish in 1972 of North Lambeth which was once more heavily populated than today's district of Central London and has three churches as well as a Lambeth Mission helping on the streets and in the homeless hostels,[9] and a few years later the Museum of Garden History (now the Garden Museum) opened there, because of its Tradescant associations. References Jump up ^ Google (20 March 2015). "Lambeth Palace" (Map). Google Maps. Google. Retrieved 20 March 2015. Jump up ^ Dunton, Larkin (1896). The World and Its People. Silver, Burdett. p. 37. Jump up ^ Andrew Coltee Ducarel, History and Antiquities of the Palace of Lambeth, 1786 (as Biblioteca Topographica Britannica, vol. II pt 5, 1790) Jump up ^ Thomas Allen, The History and Antiquities of the Parish of Lambeth 1826:229, paraphrasing Ducarel.

Jump up ^ "It were a grave omission to pass over unnoticed the 'Lambeth fig-trees.' Two of extraordinary size, supposed to have been planted by Cardinal Pole, formerly stood near the east end of the old garden front: they have long ago died, but three or four thriving offshoots, now grown into venerable trees, may still be seen basking on the sunny side of the Great Hall" (John Cave-Browne, Lambeth palace and its associations, 1882:310); "It was Cardinal Pole who is said to have planted the two fig-trees in Lambeth garden, which were still to be seen in 1806, while slips taken from the original plants are now flourishing trees." (Robert Sangster Rait and Caroline C. Morewood, English episcopal palaces (province of Canterbury), 1910:74) Jump up ^ Lambeth Palace Park and Garden Historic England. "Details from listed building database (1000818)". National Heritage List for England. Jump up ^ Grade I listing Historic England. "Details from listed building database (1116399)". National Heritage List for England.

Jump up ^ Garden Museum (formerly church of St Mary at Lambeth) Historic England. "Details from listed building database (1000818)". National Heritage List for England. Jump up ^ Lambeth Mission St Mary the A Church Near You church finder - Church of England Bibliography Stourton, James (2012). Great Houses of London (Hardback). London: Frances Lincoln. ISBN 978-0-7112-3366-9. External links Lambeth Palace official website Lambeth Palace Library official website Very detailed architectural description – from the Survey of London online Flickr images tagged Lambeth Palace Library catalog of printed books Library catalog of manuscripts and archives Church of England welcomes Catholics into Lambeth Palace | World news | The Guardian Anglicanism Church of England welcomes Catholics into Lambeth Palace Invitation to Catholic ecumenical community to live and pray daily at palace highlights growing closeness of two churches Archbishop of Westminster Vincent Nichols said it was a 'clear sign of the importance of prayer in the search for visible Christian unity'.

Photograph: Arthur Edwards/PA Close This article is 3 years old Members of a Roman Catholic ecumenical community are to take up residence in Lambeth palace next year, breaking five centuries of Anglican tradition and heralding a further rapprochement between the churches of England and Rome. The move, announced by the archbishop of Canterbury as the Church of England's general synod began a three-day meeting in London, was welcomed by Archbishop Vincent Nichols, the leader of Roman Catholics in England and Wales, who said it would bring "the riches of a number of Christian traditions of prayer to the life of the palace". From January 2014, four members of the Chemin Neuf community – a Roman Catholic consecrated sister, a married Anglican couple, and a Lutheran training for ministry – will move into the palace to join in daily prayers and to help the archbishop in his ecumenical efforts. The community, which was founded in France in 1973 and has about 2,000 members across the world, aims to bring together Christians from different denominations.

The archbishop of Canterbury, Justin Welby, whose personal spiritual director is a Swiss Roman Catholic priest, said he was "deeply moved" that Chemin Neuf had agreed to the "radical and exciting" step. "The church is constantly called to realise its God-given unity," he said. "The Holy Spirit blows through our lives and our structures and impels us into new ways of learning to love each other as Christ loves us … We pray that this step of obedience will bear fruit among us, and for the church." Nichols, the archbishop of Westminster, described it as a "clear and bold sign of the importance of prayer in the search for visible Christian unity". Father Laurent Fabre, the founder and superior general of the Chemin Neuf community, said the group had been delighted to accept the archbishop's invitation, adding that Welby had shown "courage and wisdom" in reaching out to a Roman Catholic group. "On the long and difficult path towards unity of Christians, there have often been surprises," he said.

"It is with great joy that we are responding to the amazing invitation of the archbishop of Canterbury to live and pray daily in Lambeth palace, in the heart of the Anglican communion." The community follows in the footsteps of three Anglican orders whose nuns have resided in the palace for the past 24 years. The archbishop said they were leaving Lambeth "for reasons within the orders". The announcement underlines the growing closeness between the two churches after years of argument over issues such as the ordination of women and Roman Catholic overtures to disenchanted Anglicans. When the archbishop met Pope Francis in June this year, he said that co-operation was "an absolute necessity", adding that he and the pontiff were "absolutely at one" on the issue of gay marriage. In a wide-ranging welcome address to the synod on Monday, Welby described the recent attacks on Christians in Pakistan and Nigeria as one of the greatest challenges to the Anglican church. "Many parts of the Anglican communion are suffering greatly, and the synod will, I trust, acknowledge both the suffering and courage of many of our sister and brother churches in places like Nigeria," he said.

"The issue of how we support each other, and how we understand and confront violent attacks in the light and grace of Christ is certainly one of the greatest of our age." The archbishop again defended the CofE's right to involve itself in non-religious issues, but admitted that he was looking forward to his work with the Parliamentary Commission on Banking Standards finally coming to an end. Noting that the commission was meant to have been "all over by Christmas – last Christmas", he added: "It has been a good opportunity for the church to contribute to national thinking in an area where we are not always institutionally visible, but I will be more than delighted when it is buried – ideally with a stake through its heart and garlic between its teeth." Welby did not touch on the issue of female bishops in his welcome speech. On Wednesday, the synod will be asked to approve a new package of draft legislation that aims to break the impasse over bringing women into the episcopate . The synod's failure to vote in favour of the introduction of female bishops almost exactly a year ago was widely criticised in parliament, and the church has been warned by its most senior civil servant that it cannot afford another "train crash" over the issue.

General Synod votes in favour of proposals to bring women into episcopate by overwhelming majority Published: 20 Nov 2013 Lambeth travel guide - Wikitravel 11 Contact Lambeth is a borough of inner southwest London . Within the London Borough of Lambeth, there is the South Bank complex (location of the Royal Festival Hall, the National Theatre and the National Film Theatre), London Waterloo station and its surrounds (the Old Vic and Young Vic Theatres and the BFI IMAX Cinema), the official residence of the Archbishop of Canterbury at Lambeth Palace, St. Thomas' Hospital, County Hall and the London Eye. Lambeth includes the districts of Kennington, home of the Imperial War Museum and The Oval Cricket Ground and Brixton. Brixton Town Hall Understand[ edit ] Lambeth was traditionally a largely deprived area of Inner London with very dense housing. However, than began to change in the 1990s as the inevitable gentrification that was so apparent in just about all of inner London also manifested itself here. BRIXTON is a colourful, unique urban area that is like nowhere else in London.

Brixton has a mix of residents, ranging from people that have lived in the district for generations to new residents that have moved prompted by a new trendy image that it has gained. It is a multi-ethnic community, with around 24 percent of the population being of African and/or Caribbean descent, giving rise to Brixton being called the unofficial capital of the British African-Caribbean community in London. The diverse population originates from the 1940s and 50s, when Britain invited large numbers from the West Indies to fill the job gaps. There is a thriving scene for clubbing and live music, especially reggae/ska and rock. There are also several trendy markets stretching across the town where you can pick up all manner of exotic foods, textiles and jewellery. It also well known for its nightlife, particularly Brixton Academy and the Fridge along with many other interesting bars, pubs and clubs to explore which easily takes you through to dawn. Electric Avenue (of Eddy Grant song-fame), was the first electric-lit street in the UK, even if it is in a rather obscure location, its worth checking-out for the thriving, competing halal-butchers.

Herne Hill is a village-type area on the corner of Brockwell Park, which includes a historic velodrome. Kennington is a residential district with a rich history. The area is characterized by late Georgian and early Victorian roads and squares. It is dominated by two London landmarks: The Oval, an international cricket stadium, and the Imperial War Museum, a national museum. Kennington appeared in the Domesday Book of 1086 as "Chenintune", which may mean "place of the King". Edward III gave the manor of Kennington to his oldest son Edward, "the Black Prince", in 1337, and the prince built a large royal palace between what is now Black Prince Road and Sancroft Street. Geoffrey Chaucer was employed at Kennington as Clerk of Works in 1389. Kennington remains a Royal manor, and the Duchy of Cornwall has a substantial property portfolio within the district. A large number of Members of Parliament have London residences in Kennington; the district falls within the Division Bell Zone, because it is geographically close to the Houses of Parliament.

Kennington Park (south London's oldest public park, laid out by Victorian architect James Pennethorne) and St Mark's Churchyard now cover the site of Kennington Common, which was a place for executions, entertainment and demonstrations. In 1746 the Surrey County Gallows at the southern end of the common was used for the execution of nine leaders of the Jacobite rebellion of 1745. The Common was also where the Chartists gathered for their biggest demonstration in 1848. "The Gymnastic Society" met regularly at Kennington Common during the second half of the eighteenth century to play football. The Society - arguably the world's first Football club - consisted of London-based natives of Cumberland and Westmoreland. The tradition of crowds gathering at Kennington Park in advance of marches upon Parliament continues today. Vauxhall, dominated by its gyratory system, is best-known to many Londoners for its gay scene and as a transport interchange (its bus station is the second-busiest in London; there is also a train station served by South West Trains, and the Victoria line stops there) - but it is experiencing rapid gentrification along its Thames frontage.

Vauxhall is the location of the offices of MI6 and has been marked out as the site for the new American Embassy. The history of Vauxhall is tied to industry: it was there that Vauxhall Motors was founded, and Royal Doulton had a factory. Before that, however, the Vauxhall Pleasure Gardens, created in 1661, attracted visitors. The largest green space in Vauxhall today is its small Park, which came about in 1890 through the campaigning of Octavia Hill (co-founder of the National Trust) for "More Air for London". In the 1990s, Vauxhall became a prominent feature on London's gay scene; a number of clubs, bars and pubs have placed it as an alternative to Soho. Bonnington Square, close to The Oval, where Vauxhall meets Kennington, developed from a squat, threatened with demolition, into an artists' community, with carefully-tended gardens and community spaces. Do[ edit ][ add listing ] Brixton Academy, 211 Stockwell Rd, [5] . Live music venue for audiences as large as 4,000 in a beautiful Art Deco building.

edit Brixton Tours, [6] . Specialises in one hour tours of Brixton, taking in the history, culture and local attractions of this part of London. £10 for group tours. £20 for one to one tours. edit Brixton Audio Tour, [7] . Alex Wheatle, the Brixton Bard, takes you on a personal journey through the vibrant streets of Brixton that have been his inspiration. edit Brockwell Lido, [8] . Outdoor swimming pool that's empty during cold days and has queues around the block whenever the sun is out. edit Imperial War Museum, Lambeth Rd, SE1 6HZ, ☎ +44 20 7416 5320 ( mail@iwm.org.uk ), [9] . An afternoon's worth of British military history. The same institution owns HMS Belfast (a WWII cruiser, now a floating museum, moored on the south bank of the Thames), the Cabinet War Rooms and Duxford Air Museum ( Cambridgeshire ) (a day trip from London). Free except some temporary exhibitions.

edit The London Eye, Riverside Bldg, County Hall, Westminster Bridge Rd, SE1 7PB, ☎ +44 0870 990 8883, [10] . Giant Ferris wheel on the south bank of the river Thames built to celebrate the new millenium. Incredibly busy, gives great views over London but best on a clear day. Best to book in advance and seek special offers. edit The National Theatre, South Bank, SE1 9PX, ☎ +4420 7452 3000, [11] . The Royal National Theatre is one of the UK's two most prominent publicly funded theatre companies. The controvertial building is "an aesthetic of broken forms" meaning a concrete monster. The riverside forecourt has outdoor performances in the summer. edit The Old Vic, 103 The Cut, SE1 8NB, ☎ +4420 7928 2651, [12] . Kevin Spacey has been the artistic director here since 2003 receiving considerable media attention and starring in a number of the shows himself.

Great for something a bit different, and further up the cut you can check The Young Vic which focuses on productions of a younger generation. edit The Oval (The Britoval, Kennington Oval), Kennington, SE11 5SS (tube: Oval), ☎ 08712 461100 ( enquiries@surreycricket.com ), [13] . The second home of English cricket in London after Lords. You will find getting a ticket to a match involving England very difficult but Surrey play their home games here and tickets are nearly always available for those. edit The Southbank Centre, South Bank, SE1 9PX, ☎ +44 844 875 0073, [14] . Southbank Centre is the largest single-run arts centre in the world and includes The Royal Festival Hall and The Queen Elizabeth Hall. It's one of the largest arts centres in the world, occupying a 21-acre site in the midst of London’s most vibrant cultural quarter on the South Bank of the Thames. It offers a wide-ranging artistic programme including classical & world music, rock & pop, jazz, dance, literature and the visual arts.

edit Stockwell Skate Park, Stockwell Park Walk. Also ironically named Brixton Beach, this free skate park was originally built in 1970s. Both skateboarders and BMXers can regularly be seen riding or simply hanging out on the edges. edit Buy[ edit ][ add listing ] Brixton Markets. M Tu, Th-Sa 08:00-18:00, W 08:00-17:00. Brixton Market consists of several different parts. The main section is Electric Avenue, selling mainly fruit, vegetables and meat, which also has a very good Chinese supermarket. On Pope's Road you will find clothes and bric-a-brac. You will find more indoor markets around the area such as: Brixton Village (between Pope's Road and Coldharbour Lane), Reliance Arcade (between Brixton Road and Electric Lane) and Granville Arcade (running between Electric Lane and Atlantic Road). These sell everything from wigs, clothes, pets, exotic foods and coffee. edit Nubian Natural Retail Store & Therapy Centre, 1&3 Vining St, ☎ +44 20 7733 8277.

M-Sa 11:00-18:30. A stylish boutique store selling natural body care, unusual jewellery, books and natural supplements. Offers a great service in a classy environment. Body care range has reputation for being effective and good value for money. Recently opened a therapy centre offering beauty treatments and massage therapies. edit The Kennington Bookshop, 306-308 Kennington Rd, SE11 4LD, ☎ +4420 7735 5505, [15] . M-Sa 09:30-18:30, Su noon-17:00. They describe themselves as offering "an individual, thoughtful and eclectic selection of books, imaginatively displayed in calm, lovely surroundings." which is quite an accurate description. edit Eat[ edit ][ add listing ] There are many different types of food available in Lambeth. Brixton, the heart of local government boastes an eclectic mix from all over the world. You will find most of the restaurants in and around Coldharbour Ln and Atlantic Rd. Here are few noted establishments. Clapham High St has a good selection of restaurants as well.

South Bank & surrounding areas cater for extremly busy footfalls from the tourists to the office workers that visit the attractions and events along the river. Brixton Village Market: Drink[ edit ][ add listing ] Brixton has the advantage that every night you can stay out drinking later than almost anywhere else in London. Even on a Sunday, there are plenty of bars open until 2AM if you really do not want the weekend to end. The more interesting and local bars are dotted down backstreets. Pubs[ edit ] Duke Of Edinburgh, Ferndale Rd. Only really worth going if the weather is sunny, as the pub itself is nothing to write home about. Step out through the back and you will find a massive beer garden, and the only thing waking you to the reality that you are still in Brixton is the trains that clatter by every 15 minutes or so. edit The Effra, 38a Kellett Rd, ☎ +44 20 7274 4180. A winning combination of great Guinness, a friendly mixed crowd and superb live jazz on weekdays and Sundays.

edit The Grand Union, 123 Acre Lane, Brixton, SW2 5UA, ☎ +4420 7274 8794 ( feedback@gugroup.co.uk ), [25] . Chain pub with a difference. Standard pub / bar affair in front and inside, but in the back is a huge beer garden with raised huts you can hire out and a plethora of tables, sofas and other quirky features. Worth a visit in the summer, a wide selection of gourmet burgers on the menu. edit The Grovenor, 17 Sidney St. Fabulous old school boozer with two bars and a pool table. There is large function room at the back with a growing reputation for putting on interesting rock, reggae and punk acts. edit Hootananny, 95 Effra Rd, Brixton, SW2 1DF, ☎ +4420 7737 7273, [26] . Popular late licence pub with a penchant for live ska music. Incredibly popular on weekends with upbeat fun atmosphere and large outdoor area.

Serves food through opening hours and out in the garden at the weekend evenings edit Mango Landin, 40 St Matthews Rd, ☎ +44 20 7737 3044. This place is far more successful than its former Russian incarnation, Babushka's. It manages to balance nightlife and families quite well. It is packed out on the weekends, with varied DJs and occasional Tango lessons on a weekdays. There is a organic veg stall on the weekend, and seems to be very family friendly (there is always kids tearing around on the weekend). Overall a nice little pub, no attitude, no bouncers, no charge to get in, and little eccentricity. edit Marquis of Lorne, 36 49a Dalyell Rd, ☎ +44 20 7274 1638. Sporting an immaculate and beautifully preserved exterior, this quiet pub deserves to be much better known. edit Prince Albert, 416 Coldharbour Ln. A local favourite that still stubbornly remains a simple pub, without succumbing to standard London bar makeover.

Good atmosphere with plenty of places to sit down inside plus a tiny outside beer garden, which is nice in the summer. Opens for normal pub hours. edit Prince of Wales/Dex, 469 Coldharbour Ln, ☎ +44 20 7501 9061. The downstairs pub has a late licence while the exquisitely restored upstairs Dex Club is a members only affair and well worth a visit. There is also a boutique hotel on the top floor. In the boozer, there's free wi-fi with any bar purchase, making it a good place for daytime meetings. edit The Trinity Arms, 45 Trinity Gdns, Brixton, SW9 8DR (Up Brighton Ter on the right), ☎ +44 20 7274 4544 ( trinityarms@youngs.co.uk ), [27] . An award winning proper old man's pub with a picture of the Queen pulling a pint on the wall. Right in the middle of the bustle of Brixton near the tube station, but tucked around a corner on Trinity Gardens that feels like it's in a different part of London altogether. Beer garden in front and back.

edit Windmill, 22 Blenheim Gdns (Off Brixton Hill), ☎ +44 20 8671 0700, [28] . A bit of a trek from the Brixton tube (about 15 minutes walk), but it's a gem worth discovering. This small pub regularly hosts live music from up and coming bands, in the past seeing Bloc Party before they hit big time thanks to promoter Tim Perry's meticulous quality filter. Sunday nights they have DJs and BBQs during the summer. Usually only about £3 to get in. edit Bars and clubs[ edit ] Babalou (Formerly Bug Bar), (Under St. Matthew's Church, Brixton Hill), ☎ +44 20 7738 3184. Until 02:00 (03:00 on Sa). Plays a mixture of jazz/hip-hop/funk and house in this cosy underground venue. Has regular guest DJs and special nights. Admission is charged on the weekends, and expect big queues after 9pm.

In the summer there is outside seating, but make sure you get a stamp on weekends, so you get back in free. edit Dogstar, 389 Coldharbour Ln, ☎ +44 20 7733 7515, [29] . Su-Th til 02:00, F Sa til 04:00. One of Brixton's long time favourites and worth a visit for a night out. It still runs an eclectic mix of dance music, covering hip-hop, reggae, r&b, ska and house. Has dance floor, big old sofas and screen for sports matches. Upstairs there is Moca (Caribbean restaurant) and a third floor to hire out for private parties. Admission free weekdays, charges on weekends. edit Fridge Bar, 1 Town Hall Parade, Brixton Hill (Next to the Fridge nightclub), ☎ +44 20 7326 5100. Until 02:00 weekdays and until 11:00 on weekends.

This has a very stylish bar upstairs, with a chilled out atmosphere, downstairs however is the gloomy, sleazy dance floor which depending on your mood you may love or hate. Music selection is a mix of R&B, soul and hip-hop. Admission is charged on the weekends. Credit cards are not accepted. Security, while friendly, is tight. You will be searched upon entering the bar. edit Hive, 11-13 Brixton Station Rd, SW9 8PD (Next to the recreation centre), ☎ +44 20 7274 8383. Small two floored bar / cafe next to the recreation centre that's great for a bite in the day and a dance upstairs with DJs at night. A little outdoor drinking area outside overlooks the market stalls. edit Plan B, 418 Brixton Rd, SW9 7AY, ☎ +44 20 7733 0926 ( office@plan-brixton.co.uk ). W-Su 19:00-03:00.

Since the closure of Backstage and The Rest Is Noise, they've taken the mantle as the pre-Brixton Academy venue of choice. Refurbished in 2010 after a fire, this trendy bar / club often do drinks deals, play contemporary music & more and more seem to be hosting live music from international touring acts such as Xiu Xiu. edit Tongue and Groove, 50 Atlantic Rd, ☎ +44 20 7274 8600. W-Su 19:00-03:00. A long slender bar flanked with comfy leather seating, for slumping on after a long day. The cocktail bar is good, but very expensive (including bottled beers). It charges on the weekends, it is best to make the most of the quieter times in the week. Has one of the swankiest toilets in this part of town. edit Tortue Garden, an avant-garde fetish club in Brixton, that's not for the squeamish! White Horse, 94 Brixton Hill, Brixton. Until 3AM on weekends. Typical London pub with outdoor area and pool table. Serves food.

DJs usually play Funk music on the dance floor (although you should expect it to be crowded on Fri and Sat after 11). No entry fee. edit The Renassiance Rooms, famous for its fun roller-disco nights! Th-Sa 21:00-03:00. Fire Club, located in the train arches of Vauxhall, its gay-friendly, but also has Oriental nights, were the East-Asian community show up for a dance, and you can hear Canto or K-Pop tunes. Gay and Lesbian[ edit ] Sleep[ edit ][ add listing ] Surprisingly, Brixton has very little in the way of accommodation, and you are more likely to be staying in Victoria (10-15 minutes on tube or train). Belgrave Hotel, 13 Clapham Rd, ☎ +44 20 7793 0142. Nice little economy hotel with friendly staff. Very simple clean rooms. edit Chelsea Guest House, 13 Clapham Rd, ☎ +44 20 7793 0142. Nice little economy hotel with friendly staff. Very simple clean rooms.

edit Church Street Hotel, 29 Camberwell Church St (2 mi from the Brixton tube stn, bus goes from Brixton Academy to right by the hotel), ☎ +44 20 7703 5984. Small beautifully decorated boutique hotel. Also the amazing Hotel Pasha is nearby. edit London Hotel, 411 Coldharbour Ln, ☎ +44 20 7737 0837. Small budget hotel. edit No 7 Guesthouse, 7 Josephine Ave (A ten minute walk from Brixton tube). A bed and breakfast run by a friendly gay couple. edit Contact[ edit ] Aa's Communication Internet Cafe, 248 Kennington Park Rd, ☎ +44 20 7820 8946. edit Apollo Home Entertainment, 400-402 Brixton Rd, ☎ +44 20 7733 8330. A video/DVD hire shop which has branched out into providing internet access.

edit Internet Exchange, Brixton Library, Brixton Oval (Next to Ritzy Cinema), ☎ +44 20 7926 1056, [31] . M 13:00-20:00, Tu, Th 10:00-20:00, W, F 10:00-18:00, Sa 09:00-178:00, Su noon-17:00. Free use of computers for internet and word processing, although you may have to queue. No food or drink. edit Stay safe[ edit ] There are many drug dealers (marijuana, cocaine, ket) who may approach visitors as soon as they get off the tube at Brixton. Buying from them will likely get you arrested, ripped off or scammed. It's highly recommended that you don't deal with these individuals. There are some other Yardi con-man about and pick-pockets too. At night stick to well-lit, busy areas if possible.

Brixton is generally quite safe and there should be no worries about travelling short distances to a venue; however, wandering down any poorly lit back-streets is always a risk, as anywhere in London. Loughborough Junction can be an unwelcome place to linger. However, Brixton's reputation somewhat precedes itself, as it has now become a gentrified, tourist district and has long changed since the shady 80's. Nearby Peckham is more dangerous, with many young wannabe gangsters looking for their next jackin' or beef. After dark take care when walking through Clapham Common, there are muggers and a lot of gay men who are out for cottaging or dogging. Night-buses take over for daytime routes after midnight and there are many licenced taxi cab firms that can be used. The use of unlicenced cabs by men who stand near Clapham Junction Station is under no circumstances advised. Lambeth Palace in London, England | Expedia Lambeth Palace in London, England | Expedia Lambeth Palace Lambeth Palace, current page Previous image, 5 total items. Next image, 5 total items.

Lambeth Palace Take a tour of the historic palace, the Archbishop of Canterbury’s official residence in London, and enjoy a stroll around the peaceful surrounding gardens. Lambeth Palace has functioned as the home and central office for the Archbishop of Canterbury for almost 800 years. Book a tour to glimpse inside the 13th-century chapel and crypt as well as the state rooms. Wander around the gorgeous palace gardens at your leisure. The palace was first built in the 13th century though only small parts of the original structure remain. Join a tour and look for the fine red-brick Tudor gatehouse, which is among the architectural highlights of the palace complex. Commissioned by Cardinal John Morton in around 1490, the building features two five-story towers as well as battlements. Hear stories from the guide explaining how the palace has changed over the years as you amble around the grounds. Descend into the crypt and inspect a fresco depicting Christ in Glory, a gift from Pope Paul VI to Archbishop Ramsey in 1966. Discover Lambeth Palace Gardens, known as one of the oldest continuously cultivated gardens in London.

See spring bulbs, blossoms and an array of colorful flora in this pretty 10-acre (4-hectare) garden. Lambeth Palace is also near a number of other London attractions, including Westminster Abbey, Houses of Parliament and Tate Britain. Consider combining a trip here with a visit to the Imperial War Museum London, which contains exhibits on Britain’s armed forces and artworks inspired by various conflicts. Find Lambeth Palace on the south bank of the River Thames. To get here, ride the Tube to Lambeth North station. The gardens are open to the public on the first Wednesday of the month between March and October. Tours are held sporadically; check the website for dates, times and admission fees. The palace also has a small on-site gift shop selling souvenirs and guidebooks. Explore More of London

Question: Who, traditionally, lives at 'Lambeth Palace'?
Answer: The Archbishop of Canterbury